Cheese-cutter.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

G. F. KRIESEL.

CHEESE CUTTER.

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No. 856,474. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907. G. F. KRIESEL. CHEESE CUTTER.

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GUSTAVE F. KRIESEL, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CHEESE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

ijilcfltlOll filed October 8, 1906. Serial No. 337,859.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE F. KRIEsEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the. county of I-Iennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cheese-Cutters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin cheese cutters of that classwhich is adapted to divide a cheese of any ordinary size and weight intoa pre-determined number of segments.

Its object is to produce simple, economical and accurate means fordividing the cheese into pieces convenient for sale and of known value.

The invention consists of a rotary cheese support, adjustable means forrevolving the support step by step, adjusting means for fixing thealiquot portion of the cheese to be cut at each stroke, means forco-ordinating the movements of the parts, and a severing knife, said.elements being constructed and arranged as hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is-a plan view of my improved cheese cutter;Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a section taken on theline XX of Fig. 1; Fig. 1 is a detail showing the adjusting dial; Fig. 5is a detail showing the arrangement of the adjusting mechanism; Fig. 6is a plan of the clutch lever; Fig. 7 is an elevation of the same; Fig.8 is a plan of the adjusting arm, and Fig. 9 is a central section of thesame.

. Upon the base A the rotary cheese carrier B is centrally journaled bymeans of the pivot pin 1. This carrier has its bearing on the arms 2 ofthe base A and is held in frictional engagement therewith. by means ofthe dished washer 3 bound by the cotter pin 3. The knife C" is carriedupon the lever 4 which is fixed as to horizontal motion in thebifurcated standard 5, the latter being attached to the base A. Saidlever 4 is journaled in the standard 5 by means of the pintle 6 .topermit vertical movement. Thus the knife travels in a fixedverticalplane which intersects the surface of the carrier B radially and willmake a radial incision in a cheese when placed upon said carrier.

The mechanism for moving the carrier B under the knife comprises anoperating lever 7 having a handle 8 upon its free end and pivoted to itsopposite end to permit horizontal movement, by means of the bolt 9, in

connect with the pivoted block 11, the adjusting arm 12 is furnishedwith guides 13 upon its shank 14, the block sliding between said guides.The arm 12 is pivotally supported by the bolt 15 011 the lower side ofthe clutch lever 16 which swings on the pin 1 in the center of the frameA. A downward bend in the clutch lever at 16 and a depression in the rimof the base A at v16 permit the arm 12 to oscillate below the level ofthe carrier B.

Upon the outer end of the clutch lever the dial D is placed and upon thesame lever the ball clutch (hereinafter described) is carried betweenthe dial and the point where the arm 12 is pivoted to the clutch lever.The dial D comprises a milled wheel 17 bearing upon its face numeralsindicating the various total valuations at which a cheese may be sold.This dial is journaled upon the clutch lever 16 by means of the bolt 18.To the lower side of the dial a gear wheel 19 is centrally and rigidlyattached, being separated from the head of the bolt 18 by the washer 20.Upon the upper end of the bolt 18 a milled set nut 21 is threaded whichpermits the disk and its gear wheel to be rigidly fixed or to revolveupon the end of the clutch lever. IVhen the nut 21 is set the clutchlever and adjusting arm become one continuous lever, whose thrustimparts motion to the cheese carrier, by means of ball clutch 22. Thetoothed segment 23 of the arm 12 meshes with the gear wheel 19.

By loosening the set nut and turning the milled disk, the angle of thearm 12 with reference to the lever 16 may be changed, which change inturn alters the position of the point upon the lever 16 to which theopera tion of the lever 7 imparts motion, andthus the thrust of thelever 16 may be increased or decreased at will. Upon this clutch lever16 a plate 24 is provided which retains the balls in the clutch 22. Thisclutch is of ordinary construction, adapted and positioned to make africtional engagement with the edge of the revolving carrier B and whenthe operating lever 7 is moved toward the left, to cause the revolutionof said carrier, while releasing it when the lever is moved toward theright. The balls 25 of this clutch IIO are held in place by the spiralsprings 26. To make more certain the elimination of the reverse movementof the carrier a second ball clutch 27 may be placed on the base A at 28to engage the edge of the carrier B. The rim 29 of the base A is cutaway to form a slot 30 over which the handle 8 of the operating lever isplaced, and the movement of this lever is limited at both ends of itsstroke by the fixed stops 31 and 32 formed at the ends of the slot. Thusthe stroke of this lever is always the same and there is no opportunityfor inaccuracy of action, as is the case when one or both the stops areadjustable.

In operation the total retail valuation of a cheese to be placed uponthe cutter is determined by the vender and the dial is turned toindicate such total valuation, the graduations upon the dial beingarranged inversely relative to the arc to be covered by the cheesecarrier at each stroke of the operating lever. This turning of the dialsets the adjusting mechanism through the meshing of the gear wheel 19with the toothed segment 23 on the arm 12. When the dial has been clamed by the set nut 21 to register the total va uation of the cheese, thethrust of the levers upon the carrier B is fixed and the adjustingmechanism need not again be touched until the entire cheese has been cutand sold. The salesman has then only to push the operating lever to theleft the full distance permitted by the fixed stops to move the carrierthe number of degrees necessary to pass under Lil the knife an aliquotsegment ofthe cheese which shall have a sale value proportionate to thetotal value of the cheese. Thus the minimum piece of cheese to be cut isusually fixed at five cents worth. If larger amounts are required,"thestroke of the lever is repeated to cause further revolution of thecarrier and multiply by the number of the strokes of the lever theamount which passes under the knife at one stroke.

The knife is operated vertically by means of the lever 4, as is usual incheese cutters of this class, to cut the segment of cheese moved underthe knife as above described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protectby Letters Patent is 1. In a cheese cutter, the combination with arotary carrier, of a system of levers provided with a friction clutchfor engaging the carrier, and a graduated dial, said dial being gearedto the levers and adapted to fix the thrust of the same upon the rotarycarr1er.

2. In a cheese cutter, the combination with a rotary carrier, of anoperating lever, fixed stops for limiting the movement of said lever, agraduated adjusting dial, a clutch lever in sliding connection with. theoperating lever, said clutch lever being provided with an arm having atoothed segment for engaging the dial and a friction clutch for engagingthe rotary carrier.

3. In a cheese cutter the combination of a rotary carrier, an operatinglever having a fixed stroke, a clutch lever having sliding engagementwith the operating lever and provided with a clutch for the carrier,said clutch lever being jointed for the purpose of varying the thrust ofthe clutch on the carrier.

4. In a cheese cutter, the combination of a rotary cheese carrier, anoperating lever, adjusting means consisting of a centrally journaledlever frictionally engaging the carrier and provided with a pivoted arm,a slidable connection between the operating lever and said arm, and agraduated dial geared to said pivoted arm and adapted to regulate andfix the thrust of the operating lever.

5. In a cheese cutter, the combination of a rotary cheese carrier, areciprocating operating lever having a constant thrust, means forconnecting said lever with the carrier consisting of a centrallyjournaled lever carrying an adjusting arm and frictionally engaging thecarrier, a slidable connection between the operating lever and said arm,and a graduated dial geared to the arm and adapted to regulate and fixthe thrust of the centrally journaled lever.

6. A cheese cutter, comprising a revolving carrier, a dial upon whichthe gross value of the cheese is indicated, a jointed lever, one memberof which engages the cheese carrier while the other is provided withteeth adapted to engage the dial by which its thrust is regulated, meansfor setting the dial to indicate varying aliquot segments of the cheese,an operating lever having a fixed thrust, and means for slidablyconnecting said levers.

7. A cheese cutter, comprising, a circular frame, a knife verticallypivoted in said frame, a rotary carrier horizontally pivoted in saidframe, an operating lever, a clutch lever, means for ,slidablyconnecting said levers,

. an adjusting arm pivoted on the clutch lever at one end and formedwith a toothed segment at the other, means for the angle of the arm tothe clutch lever, a scale dial geared to said toothed segment and fixedstops for limiting the movement of the operating lever at both ends ofthe stroke.

8. A cheese cutter, comprising a frame, a rotary carrier in frictionalcontact with the frame, and means for revolving said carrier step bystep, said means comprising an operating lever having a fixed stroke, aball clutch adapted to frictionally engage the carrier, a jointed clutchlever upon one member of which said clutch is mounted, and slidableconnections between the operating lever and second member of the clutchlever.

9. A cheese cutter, comprising a frame, a carrier pivoted upon the frameand in spring contact therewith, an operating lever, ad justing meansconsisting of a centrally journaled lever engaging the carrier andprovided with a pivoted arm, a sliding connection between the operatinglever and said arm, and a graduated dial pivoted upon the outer end ofthe adjusting lever, geared to the arm and adapted to regulate and fixthe thrust of the operating lever.

10. A cheese cutter, comprising, a circular frame, a knife verticallypivoted in said frame, a rotary carrier horizontally pivoted in saidframe, an operating lever, a clutch lever, means for slidably connectingsaid levers, an adjusting arm pivoted on the clutch lever, a scale dialto which said arm is geared, for determining I the angle between theadjusting arm and clutch lever and means for securing said dial inposition when adjusted, whereby the degree of revolution of the carrierat each stroke of the operating lever may be determined.

11. A cheese knife, in combination with a rotary carrier, an operatinglever, fixed stops for limiting the movement of said lever and agraduated adjusting dial adapted to predetermiuc the thrust of theoperating lever upon the carrier by the following means, viz.: a clutchlever, slidably connected with the operating lever, said clutch leverbeing provided with a pivoted arm formed with a toothed segment forengaging the dial and a clutch for engaging the rotary carrier.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAVE F. KRIESEL.

W'i tnesses M. G. LIOIITSCIIEIDL, V. H. \NILLIAMs.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 856,474, granted June11, 1907, upon the application of Gustave F. Kriesel, of Minneapolis,Minnesota, for an improvement in Cheese-Cutters, an error appears in theprinted specification requiring correction,

as follows: In line 55, page 1, the word to, first occurrence, shouldread at; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Oflice. Signed and sealed this 30th day of July, A. 1).,1907.

[SEAL] O. O. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

